Marlin Edgar Olmsted | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania | |
| In office March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1913 | |
| Preceded by | Thaddeus M. Mahon |
| Succeeded by | Aaron S. Kreider |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1847-05-21)May 21, 1847 |
| Died | July 19, 1913(1913-07-19) (aged 66) New York City, U.S. |
| Resting place | Harrisburg Cemetery |
| Party | Republican |
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| Education | Coudersport Academy |
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Marlin Edgar Olmsted (May 21, 1847 – July 19, 1913) was aRepublican member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania in the18th district.
Marlin E. Olmsted was born inUlysses Township, Pennsylvania on May 21, 1847.[1][2] He attended the common schools andCoudersport Academy. He was the assistant corporation clerk and promoted to corporation clerk in charge of collection of corporate taxes under Pennsylvania's revenue system. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1878, and commenced practice inHarrisburg, Pennsylvania. He was elected to representDauphin County, Pennsylvania, in the proposed constitutional convention in 1891.
He married Gertrude Howard on October 26, 1899.[1]
Olmsted was elected as a Republican to theFifty-fifth and to the seven succeeding Congresses. He served as Chairman of theUnited States House Committee on Elections No. 2, during theFifty-seventh throughSixtieth Congresses, and theUnited States House Committee on Insular Affairs, during theSixty-first Congress. He was one of the managers appointed by theUnited States House of Representatives in 1905 to conduct the impeachment proceedings againstCharles Swayne, judge of theUnited States District Court for the Northern District of Florida. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1912. He resumed the practice of his profession in Harrisburg. He died atManhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital on July 19, 1913, and was buried atHarrisburg Cemetery.[2]
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 14th congressional district 1897–1903 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 18th congressional district 1903–1913 | Succeeded by |
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